"sinister" meaning in Latin

See sinister in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [sɪˈnɪs.tɛr] [Classical-Latin], [siˈnis.ter] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *senisteros, of unclear origin. Possibly a euphemism from Proto-Indo-European *senh₂-is- (“more obtaining”), from *senh₂- (“to seek, gain”) (thus the direction of "left" as "the more favorable (side)"), cognate with Sanskrit सनोति (sanoti, “to gain, procure”), सनीयान् (sanīyān, “more useful, more advantageous”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:inh|itc-pro:*senisteros<ety:inh<ine-pro:<alt:*senh₂-is-><unc><ety:from<*senh₂->>>>|title=sinister}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*senisteros", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sinister", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="sinister">, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*senisteros}} Proto-Italic *senisteros, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*senh₂-is-|t=more obtaining}} Proto-Indo-European *senh₂-is- (“more obtaining”), {{cog|sa|सनोति|t=to gain, procure}} Sanskrit सनोति (sanoti, “to gain, procure”) Head templates: {{la-adj|((sinister/sinistr<+>))|adv=sinistrē|comp=sinistrior|sup=sinistimus}} sinister (feminine sinistra, neuter sinistrum, comparative sinistrior, superlative sinistimus, adverb sinistrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|sinister/sinistr}} Forms: sinistra [feminine], sinistrum [neuter], sinistrior [comparative], sinistimus [superlative], sinistrē [adverb], in -er [masculine, nominative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], sinister [masculine, nominative, singular], sinistra [feminine, nominative, singular], sinistrum [neuter, nominative, singular], sinistrī [masculine, nominative, plural], sinistrae [feminine, nominative, plural], sinistra [neuter, nominative, plural], sinistrī [genitive, masculine, singular], sinistrae [feminine, genitive, singular], sinistrī [genitive, neuter, singular], sinistrōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], sinistrārum [feminine, genitive, plural], sinistrōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], sinistrō [dative, masculine, singular], sinistrae [dative, feminine, singular], sinistrō [dative, neuter, singular], sinistrīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], sinistrum [accusative, masculine, singular], sinistram [accusative, feminine, singular], sinistrum [accusative, neuter, singular], sinistrōs [accusative, masculine, plural], sinistrās [accusative, feminine, plural], sinistra [accusative, neuter, plural], sinistrō [ablative, masculine, singular], sinistrā [ablative, feminine, singular], sinistrō [ablative, neuter, singular], sinistrīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], sinister [masculine, singular, vocative], sinistra [feminine, singular, vocative], sinistrum [neuter, singular, vocative], sinistrī [masculine, plural, vocative], sinistrae [feminine, plural, vocative], sinistra [neuter, plural, vocative], sinexter [alternative, Late-Latin]
  1. left Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: laevus, scaevus
    Sense id: en-sinister-la-adj-Ng-EA1lC Categories (other): Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er Disambiguation of Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er: 23 40 37
  2. perverse, bad; or adverse, hostile Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-sinister-la-adj-l9L0MXH3 Categories (other): Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er, Directions Disambiguation of Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er: 23 40 37 Disambiguation of Directions: 0 48 52
  3. (religion) auspicious (for Romans) or inauspicious (for Greeks) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-sinister-la-adj-H0q~m1N4 Categories (other): Religion, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er, Directions Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 0 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 17 80 Disambiguation of Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er: 23 40 37 Disambiguation of Directions: 0 48 52 Topics: lifestyle, religion

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "1st BC, Virgilius\nmores sinistri\narboribus Notus sinister",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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    }
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}
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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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          "sinistrorum#Latin"
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        "plural"
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          "sinistrārum",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "sinistrās",
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          "sinistrās",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "singular",
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        "feminine",
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        [
          "sinistrī",
          "sinistri#Latin"
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        "sup": "sinistimus"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dexter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "left"
      ],
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        [
          "left",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laevus"
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          "word": "scaevus"
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1st BC, Virgilius\nmores sinistri\narboribus Notus sinister",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perverse, bad; or adverse, hostile"
      ],
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        [
          "perverse",
          "perverse"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "adverse",
          "adverse"
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        [
          "hostile",
          "hostile"
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        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "good omen",
          "text": "1st BC, Virgilius\nsinistra cornix",
          "translation": "good omen",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "started with bad omen",
          "text": "2nd century, Apuleius\nsinistro pede profectus",
          "translation": "started with bad omen",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "auspicious (for Romans) or inauspicious (for Greeks)"
      ],
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        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "auspicious",
          "auspicious"
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        [
          "inauspicious",
          "inauspicious"
        ]
      ],
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        "(religion) auspicious (for Romans) or inauspicious (for Greeks)"
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪˈnɪs.tɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siˈnis.ter]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinister"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.